Ivra Stephenson

STEPHENSON, Mrs. Ivra - Age 88, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2007 at William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 512 Pearsall. with funeral service commencing immediately at 11a.m. Pastor Terrance Gowdy, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30a.m. Mrs. Stephenson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12 Noon - 8 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Ivra Lee (Freeman) Stephenson was born March 29, 1918, in Madison, Tennessee, to the parents of Henrietta and Paul Freeman. Mrs. Stephenson was the 13th child from Rev. Paul and Henrietta Freeman. She departed this life March 24, 2007. She accepted Christ at an early age at Carro Gardo Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee. Soon after High School she went to live with her sister Racheal Bond in Chicago, Illnois years later she moved to Pontiac, Michigan and there she married Rayfield Stephenson. From this union was one son and one daughter who meant the world to her (Eric and Carol). She joined Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church under Reverend Miner. Ivra was also apart of Gospel Chorus and Church Group which organized by her sister Maudie Etta Freeman Ragland called the "Young Matrons Group" in the Missionary Department. She continued as a Missionary in a group called "The Ruth Circle" Mrs. Stephenson was soon appointed by the Pastor to serve as a Mother of the Church, were she continued to serve until she fell ill. She loved her church and her church family very much. Ivra was a faithful and dedicated member of the church, that believed in the Lord, and she would one day go home to be with the Lord to meet her Master. Mrs. Stephenson leaves to cherish her memory: two children, Eric (Gwen) Stephenson of Detroit, MI, Carol (Major) Hollis of Pontiac, MI; two grandchildren, Kinvardor Dubois Thomas of Pontiac, MI, Qvanah Rayshell of CA; two great grandsons, Keyron Sean Hollis, Javian Thomas of Pontiac, MI; fifteen siblings; one special nephew, Earnest Elliot (Gloria) Freeman of Pontiac, MI; three sisters-in-law, Louise Freeman and Ruby Freeman of TN, Lilia E. Stephenson-Lindsay of Pontiac, MI; many special god daughters and plenty of nephews and nieces and other relatives and special friends.

Ivra Stephenson

March 29, 1918 - March 24, 2007